Thanks, tvbcof. I used to tell him thanks for pushing me into responses that I wouldn't have thought of saying without his comments. And, I did look at your "fight" with him talking about the vaccines. Actually, it was a great talk. I didn't realize before that how knowledgeable you are in those things.
I had a very intelligent friend who had a major stroke. Because he was as intelligent as he was, he was able to get back into almost normal living. In some ways franky1 appears to be such a guy... moving down a track in an excellent way, but missing a whole parallel track that would have set him right.
Nah, franky1 isn't very bright.
For 20 years at least, and since 'social media' as we know it today was in it's infancy, there have been firms who specialize in 'public relations / perception management'. They employ floors full of flunkies in cubicles and give them binders with talking points for the various accounts they are assigned to. The programs are worked out at higher levels by higher level people. They commission 'persona management' software which scans for updates and helps the floor workers keep their accounts straight. When the fluky runs into trouble they tend to have some more capable people above them to bail them out.
That OILEO guy who claims to be a doctor is much better on the technical side than frank-n-beans, and he does dive in to give flunky1 a hand from time to time. Seen less of him lately as the gene therapy victim bodies start to pile up.
Now most of the grunt level stuff is probably totally handled by AI by this time, but I doubt that the technology is yet ready to operate at a level we see from flunky1. He might get some augmentation though.
It's certainly worth noting that $BILLIONS are being pumped in to support flunky1/oileo's side of the gene therapy debate. 'Our side' gets almost exactly $0. They have a LOT of money for sock-puppets and every other propaganda mechanism known to man.
Bitcoin is dumping right now.
When you've been in BTC for a decade, a drop from low 60k's to high 50k's is an inconsequential blip, and usually a good sign market-wise. Usually it's just a little profit-taking by people who trade.
I don't think that anyone would live very comfortable anywhere on $500/month though it is a great deal more than most people get by on in most countries. I don't suggest that anyone try to move to a 'developing world' country unless they are 'well capitalized' monetarily, physically, and mentally. Even though I left one hell of a lot behind in Big-Satan-Land, I never missed it for a second. This only because I've had the resources to arrange a comfortable and interesting life, and because my reasons for expatriating were driven by politics and ethics mostly. Many/most Westerners who expatriate end up regretting it from what I can see. My advice would be to know yourself well. Know what your are getting away from and why, and don't have stary eyes. Have a life-line back home because there is nobody and no entity here who can help you out of a bind even in the rare instance when they may wish to.